While I was going through tunes I came across this one again.
Its something I posted before (for whatever reason) but when a few seconds in I didn’t skip it for something else.
I listened through and then went looking for another version to the one I originally posted.
And I found this version.

And, maybe its just that what happened in London Bridge last weekend and having worked in that area over the years, and not knowing if friends were ok for a few hours (they’re fine) but… I dunno.
Maybe I just needed to feel some love or whatever.

Maybe its indulgent of me but… this just feels right.
Forgive me if you feel it inappropriate (its not meant to be).

Regardless, tell someone tomorrow (or today if its the morning) that you love them. Maybe that’d be too heavy – so maybe just hug them, or make them tea or laugh at their joke. Or send them an email.

GO OUT AND BUY THEA GILMORE’S NEW ALBUM NOW! I posted The War, the teaser track, a while back but the standout tracks are Slow Fade To Black and Rise (which is just sublime) – but rather annoyingly neither have been youtubed yet. So have two of the best covers I have ever heard.

Those are great covers!
I always think a truly great cover is when the person singing it sounds like they’re the only person that could’ve sung it; and/or if they’ve translated it into another musical genre and show something new about the song.
Which (for me) a folk version of Ever Fallen in Love.. does. It makes it tender.

Coincidentally I’ve been looking for a Bowie song for The Lie of The Land and have been trying not to use the one that someone (rightly) suggested for the previous episode.
But…. Toby Whithouse is obviously an appalling writer in that he hasn’t given me us an obvious Bowie reference!!
BURN HIM!!!!!

I’ve just got back from the NE and was surprised by the number of spoiler thread comments myself. I’ll be back to post some thoughts on the last couple of episodes tomorrow, but I’m currently laughing at the notion that Theresa May may have just ‘won’ a hung Parliament. Delightful (but being realistic, unlikely).

Anyways, a while back you @blenkinsopthebrave and @arbutus had a conversation about the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. I can only echo @blenkinsopthebrave s thoughts on Viv Stanshall, but just add that the band had another genius in the form of Neil Innes. I was delighted to find out that a large amount of his solo work from ‘The Innes Book of Records’ has been uploaded to YouTube.

So, on the subject of Elections, here is Neil on the subject of apathy:

@nick I used to have this on youtube -the actual interview, now it’s stuck in a number of hour long Bowie facts:

In the wake of its release, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter “kids that come up afterwards and say, ‘It’s cool you’re doing a Nirvana song.’ And I think, ‘Fuck you, you little tosser!‘”

This is why I said what I did to @whisht who, you know, hopefully knows I’m joking!

@pedant @whisht @craig@cathannabel@mudlark@wolfweed@fatmaninabox and all of you! (and I know many don’t live in London city -but you’re a small kingdom filled with big-hearted people. Just like this Forum). And Pedant, some things should be posted regularly! Last night I went thru all 14 pages of the music thread before Bowie died. It was poignant on SO many levels.

This particular song isn’t part of the new album ?

Thane has Spotify etc but I haven’t talked to him about which songs he likes.

This is an awesome choice: considering the horror you’ve all witnessed in past months.

And yes, despite buses, keep posting! Although any other nitvardi covers of David will dis-concert. <puro bringing d’humour>

I thought this was posted pretty recently. And I love this particular concert. Some don’t like anything much from ‘Low’ -I’m not one of dem people! I’m adding this because it’s part of his chat with the congregation (ahem).

Not new – from an album of previously unrecorded Sandy Denny (of Fairport Convention) that were never recorded before she died. Gilmore wrote the music and recorded them (this). The BBC used London to wrap up its 2012 Olympic coverage.

@pedant – that’s lovely and I’m hoping the smartphone was held in a vicelike grip by one of her production crew!!
I jest – currently musicians make most of their money from live gigs so live performances online showing to thousands “you should go to the next gig by this person because they are great live” are (imo) essential.
I think the whole ‘don’t let them listen/download it’ legal culture is killing musicians but at the same time we have a lopsided technical availability.
Probably blockchain or somesuch will redress this, but I hope it doesn’t stifle creatives and creativity for too many years.

So, a different choon for Eaters of Light.
This one for all the children references…

(not the best off this album, but hopefully not a bad introduction if you’ve not heard their stuff. I tire quickly of it – maybe two songs in succession and that’s enough but those two songs….. ahhhhh….)

Many years of diligent research by scientists, using science, have show that people who like The Smiths are in no position to criticise any one else’s taste. About anything. Science proves it. With science.

ah, just realised some may not have understood (or cared to be fair) why I chose El Cumparsita for The Master’s Theme.
That’s because the version I preferred happened not to have the ‘full’ name of the song “El Cumparsita (The Masked One)”
[link to another version I don’t like as much and don’t think its as capey/ moustache-twirly as the one I originally linked to].

Blimey – this is a pointless post, so here’s another track for World Enough and Time.
This is for the Patients and the nightmarish volume controls imposed on them.

I loved the western theme tonight, with nods to The Alamo and The Magnificent Seven. And the soundtrack had many nods to Ennio Morriconie, from all of Sergio Leone’s westerns, so I’ll just drop this bomb.